PGY2 Residency in Critical Care

Detroit Medical Center

PURPOSE:

The PGY2 Critical Care residency program builds on Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) education and PGY1 pharmacy residency programs to contribute to the development of clinical pharmacists in specialized areas of practice. PGY2 residencies provide residents with opportunities to function independently as practitioners by conceptualizing and integrating accumulated experience and knowledge and incorporating both into the provision of patient care that improves medication therapy. Residents who successfully complete the residency should possess competencies that qualify them for clinical pharmacist and/or faculty positions and position them to be eligible for attainment of board certification in critical care.

PROGRAM:

DRH offers a twelve-month ASHP-accredited PGY2 residency in critical care medicine. This specialized residency in critical care pharmacy practice is an organized, directed postgraduate program of practical experience in providing pharmaceutical care to critically-ill patients. The critical care resident will gain experience through a variety of clinical rotations and interactions with a multidisciplinary healthcare team for optimization of the care of critically-ill patients.

LOCATION:

Detroit Receiving Hospital (DRH) is a 298-bed Level I trauma center located in downtown Detroit and is a part of the Detroit Medical Center. DRH is an adult specialty hospital that is nationally renowned for their emergency medicine, critical care and trauma services. We have designated units caring for critically ill burn, coronary, neurological, medical and surgical patients. In addition, Detroit Receiving Hospital’s emergency department is one of the busiest emergency rooms seeing more than 100,000 patient visits each year. DRH is affiliated with Wayne State University Schools of Medicine and Pharmacy, and serves as a major teaching site for medical, pharmacy, and nursing students, medical residents and fellows.

PHARMACY SERVICES:

The department of pharmacy provides clinical pharmacy services throughout the hospital. A pharmacist specialist is assigned to each critical care population at DRH. This specialist is fully integrated into the multidisciplinary team including nurses, medicine residents and fellows, attending medical staff, medical students and respiratory therapists.

APPLICANTS:

The applicant must be an enthusiastic and highly motivated graduate of a college of pharmacy accredited in the United States and must be licensed or eligible for licensure in the State of Michigan. Interested candidates should possess a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and have completed a PGY1 residency.

BENEFITS:

The resident will receive a competitive stipend, health-care coverage, and paid personal and professional leave. The resident will have the opportunity to attend a minimum of one professional meeting during the year.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE:

Deadline: January 4, 2019

PhORCAS submission, a detailed letter of intent, three letters of recommendation, transcripts, and curriculum vitae.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR:

Katri A. Abraham, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCCCP

Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Surgery/Trauma Critical Care

Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center

Director, PGY-2 Critical Care Pharmacy Residency Program

Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center

4201 St. Antoine Blvd

Dept. of Pharmacy Administration

Detroit, MI 48201

kabraham@dmc.org

Office: 313-966-0460

Visit us at http://www.dmcpharmacy.org for more details

About Detroit Medical Center

The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) PGY2 residency programs in ambulatory care, critical care, emergency medicine, infectious diseases and pharmacotherapy. In addition, the DMC has a multi-site PGY1 residency program with 11 residents at four sites including Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit Receiving Hospital, Harper University Hospital and Sinai-Grace Hospital.